Platform to bridge developed, developing countries launched
An educational and industrial platform developed to bridge the gap between the developed and developing countries through the use of knowledge management system and technology has been launched.
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Dubbed: ‘The Africa Intellectual Database for Development and Excellence (AIDDE) project,’ the platform was developed to bring all African universities, colleges, professors and publishers together on one common research institution platform to share all educational resources together.
The project is about e-Library and e-Teaching. It is a platform that has 230,000 current academic books where professors can use the books for teaching and research, while students can also access the same textbooks for studies and research.
The AIDDE was a joint project between the Regent University College of Science and Technology (RUCST) and the Final Vision Technology (FvTech) Ltd-Canada to promote Africa intellectual development and the use of knowledge to create industries in Africa by the African people.
Handouts
At the launch of the AIDDE in Accra last Friday, the President of the Regent University College of Science and Technology, Professor Nicholas.N.N. Nsowah-Nuamah, cautioned lecturers to desist from forcing students to buy their handouts or lecture notes alone for learning.
He advised lecturers to open up the treasure of knowledge to students and encourage them to explore in their academics, instead of spoon-feeding them.
“Lecturers should not limit their examination questions to only materials in their handouts. They should demand from students not only the materials from their handouts or lecture notes but other ideas from different sources,” he said.
Professor Nsowah-Nuamah said Africans were not adventurous and always expected people from other continents to look for ideas to share with them, and due to this attitude, “we lack exposure to modern ideas”.
He therefore, entreated all institutions to sign onto the platform and benefit from over 230,000 books and journals acknowledged to be useful for lecturers and students.
Prof. Nsowah-Nuamah also entreated the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to join hands with them in providing a similar platform for basic and senior high schools.
FvTech
During a presentation on AIDDE, the CEO of FvTech and a lecturer at RUCST, Mr Anthony Kwame Ardiabah, said the system could be used in government institutions, business offices, financial institutions, educational institutions, manufacturing settings and personal home use with more than six people.
According to him, the platform was open to all and every student or lecturer in all levels could register on the platform by visiting their website. An individual needed to pay $5 per year to be a user, while institutions paid $500 per year to be registered on the platform.
